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somewhere months ago I saw pics of early trucks in your series that had some external features typically seen on the M809's . Or maybe it was the other way around o_O ... short-term memory is going bye-bye

makes me curious to get up to our other location and re-familiarize myself with what all the other trucks have , and if any had been upgraded prior the DRMO

a special thank you to Paul Mather for the 1st four pics and info .. Paul said the joint in pic #2 is the style prone to break, I can concur with that because I have a 8-ton civvy dump truck with that style (thin web) and it busted a cap and subsequently the differential yoke while backing up a...

I stand corrected : Braved the rain-soaked ground and tall tick-laden hay to look at what's on the two mothballed M51A2's kept here .. They both have identical joints but are different than what I see on the 813, 817, and 818 that are working at this location presently, which have identical...

that is exactly my feeling about the matter .. thanks ;) .. the Facebook post may have been right along the lines of the incorrect thinking that on 5-tons, the front axle only engages when truck is is 1st or reverse .. lol

I did a quick search here and found nothing specific. . I ran across a post on the Facebook military wrecker site claiming the subject matter above to be true .. Apparently I am doing something right for the last 45 years as I have never busted a u-joint or jackshaft/short shaft/ stub shaft on...